This is an analysis of the poem The Lord Of Burleigh that begins with:

IN her ear he whispers gaily,
'If my heart by signs can tell, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcXcdcXcXeXeXfgfgXbhXgighaeaechchajajahahklklcbcbamaXadadhmhmcncnikXkdoaocmXmcdcXjgjgamXmcgcXfXme
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 100,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00111010 1111111 10111110 1111111 10101010 1011111 10101110 1010101 10111010 1000110 10001010 1110101 11111001 1011111 10111010 11111110 11111010 1010101 10101010 1010001 01101110 1001111 11111010 1010101 11111010 1110010 11101110 1010110 10111110 1110101 10101110 1110111 11101110 1011101 11101010 1110111 11101110 1110101 10101110 1010111 10110010 1011101 01001010 1010111 10101010 1111101 100101010 1011101 11101010 1110001 11101110 1010101 11111010 1010101 10111110 10001110 11101110 1010111 10101010 0110111 11101010 0110101 10001110 1010101 10100110 1011101 11101010 1110101 11101010 1110101 10101010 0110001 10100111 1010111 11101010 1010101 10101010 1010111 00100110 1011111 11111010 1110111 01111110 1011101 11111011 1010001 11101111 1010111 10101110 1011101 10101010 1011101 11101010 1111011 10111010 1111111 10101010 1010101 00111110 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3618
  • Average number of words per stanza: 606
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, lord, her, she are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words parks, and are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase burleigh connects the lines.

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